Biography
Image courtesy of the artist and Kukje Gallery.
Image courtesy of the artist and Kukje Gallery.

Suki Seokyeong Kang’s (1977-2025) research-driven practice spanned across media, incorporating sculpture, painting, video, installation, and performance, as she investigated the notion of space and its relationship to an individual’s position within society. Kang appropriated the formal language of the grid used in traditional Korean musical notation as an organizational framework, transposing the grid into modular formations that are variously suspended, mounted, and balanced within the exhibition space. In Kang’s installations, these abstract sculptures are further activated by videos or performances, imbuing their forms with human presence. Many of her works incorporate hwamunseok—woven sedge mats used in traditional Korean court dances—representing the minimum space an individual is provided in society. As these notations multiply, Kang configures them into a rich visual score suggesting the possibility of a collective consciousness rooted in individual action.

 

Suki Seokyeong Kang graduated with BFA and MFA in Oriental Painting at Ewha Womans University, and MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London. In 2018, Kang won the Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel with her works acquired by Mudam Luxembourg. She has had solo exhibitions at Tina Kim Gallery, New York City (2024); Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul (2023); Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul (2019-2020); Mudam Luxembourg (2018); ICA Philadelphia (2018). Her works have been featured in the Venice Biennale (2019); the Shanghai Biennale (2018); the Gwangju Biennale (2018); and the Liverpool Biennial (2018). Her solo exhibition, Suki Seokyeong Kang: Mountain, Hour, Face is on view at The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver from February 21–May 4, 2025.

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Works
  • Suki Seokyeong Kang, Jeong 61 x 81 — Act #03, 2021
    Suki Seokyeong Kang
    Jeong 61 x 81 — Act #03, 2021
    Mixed media on silk mounted on paper, thread, wood frame
    32 x 24 x 3 1/8 inches
    81 x 61 x 8 cm
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  • Suki Seokyeong Kang, Mat 120 × 165 #22-56, 2021-2022
    Suki Seokyeong Kang
    Mat 120 × 165 #22-56, 2021-2022
    Painted steel, woven dyed Hwamunseok, thread, wood frame, brass bolts, and leather scraps
    68 1/2 x 49 5/8 x 2 inches
    174 x 126 x 5 cm
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  • Suki Seokyeong Kang, GRANDMOTHER TOWER — tow #21-02, 2021
    Suki Seokyeong Kang
    GRANDMOTHER TOWER — tow #21-02, 2021
    Painted steel, winding thread, and wooden wheels
    Dimensions:
    57 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 27 1/8 inches
    145.1 x 31.7 x 68.8 cm
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  • Suki Seokyeong Kang, Mora 210 x 163 #06, 2021-2022
    Suki Seokyeong Kang
    Mora 210 x 163 #06, 2021-2022
    Silk, gouache, ink, and thread
    Dimensions:
    82 3/4 x 64 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches
    210 x 163 x 8 cm
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